Jhansi: Four pilgrims, including two children aged six and eight, were killed and 12 others injured after an overloaded tractor-trolley carrying around 30 people overturned when its connecting hook detached from the tractor near Ramnagar town in Chitrakoot district early Monday.The accident took place on the Jhansi-Prayagraj National Highway under Raipura police station limits. The…
Varanasi: Justifying the order by then Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav to open fire on ‘kar sevaks’ in 1990, Samajwadi Party MP from Ballia Sanatan Pandey said that Yadav held a constitutional position and issued the order to “save the Constitution and prevent a civil war in the country”.Pandey’s remarks came at a…
Bakrabad village head Sanjay Bind, 40 VARANASI: One person was killed while another suffered a bullet injury after Bakrabad village head Sanjay Bind, 40, allegedly opened fire on them during a dispute over gambling in Mohav village under Kotwali police station limits in Ghazipur district late Monday night.Police teams began raiding possible hideouts of Bind,…
Varanasi: MKS Sundaram, principal secretary, agriculture, agriculture education & research, agriculture marketing, and agriculture foreign trade & export promotion department, recently visited International Rice Research Institute’s (IRRI) South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) and reviewed ongoing research and collaborative initiatives.Vikas Kumar Singh, interim director of ISARC, briefed him on the centre’s research mandate, facilities, ongoing projects…
Gorakhpur: At Gorakhpur district jail, women inmates are turning their skills and knowledge into a source of support for fellow prisoners. Garima Singh, accused in a fraud case involving over Rs 12 crore, has taken up the task of teaching children living inside the jail, while gangster accused Anshika Singh is imparting beautician training. Former…
One arrested with illegal stock of fireworks in Jaunpur Varanasi: Police in Ballia and Jaunpur districts seized over 669 kg of illegally stored fireworks and explosive material and arrested four persons in separate operations conducted ahead of Diwali.In Ballia, the Kotwali police arrested three accused and recovered 19 sealed cartons of illegal fireworks and explosive…
Police Arrest Three for Robbing People after Giving Offers of Dollar-Exchange Varanasi: Lalpur-Pandeypur police on Friday arrested three men accused of luring people with offers of cheap US dollars before cheating and robbing them.According to ACP Pragya Pathak, the accused were nabbed during a checking drive near the Aidhe underpass while they were riding two…
Gorakhpur: Nashra Naim of Gorakhpur has been elected vice-president of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students’ union, becoming the first woman in the university’s history to be elected as an office-bearer of the union.Nashra, an LLB student, hails from Nakhas in Gorakhpur. Her father, Shabbir Alam, said the achievement was particularly significant given the university’s…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will celebrate Diwali with the Van Tangiya community at Jungle Tinkonia No. 3 in Kusmhi forest on Sunday, continuing a tradition he started as Gorakhpur MP. He will also inaugurate and lay the foundation for 52 development projects worth over Rs 82 crore.Located around 15 km from Gorakhpur city, the…
Mirzamurad Police Arrest Man in Fatal Illegal Electric Fencing Case Varanasi: Mirzamurad police on Friday evening arrested a man in connection with the death of a villager allegedly caused by an illegally electrified wire around a farm on Oct 15.Mirzamurad station in charge Gopalji Kushwaha said the accused, Vishnu alias Vishun Bind of Kosda Chakpanpur,…
